On the reconstruction of ocean circulation and climate based on the "gardar Drift"

Paleoceanography

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 399-415

  Langehaug, H R ^a   Mjell, T L ^b   Ottera O H ^a   Eldevik, T ^b   Ninnemann, U S ^b   Kleiven, H F ^b  

^a BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bergen Climate Model; Faroe Shetland Channel; Gardar Drift; ocean circulation

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM WATER; CLIMATE MODELING; LITERATURE REVIEW; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; RECONSTRUCTION; VOLUME TRANSPORT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE-SHETLAND CHANNEL; GARDAR DRIFT; LABRADOR SEA; NORWEGIAN SEA;

EID: 84960878767     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: 19449186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015PA002920     Document Type: Article

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